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Some new paint for the '51 Rapide
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<blockquote data-quote="timetraveller" data-source="post: 109431" data-attributes="member: 456"><p>Bob Peacham was the organiser of the Kent and Sussex Section for about 50 years and he had a Shadow which had been used in the 53 TT. We all assumed that it was as original apart from the mods for competition and so when I wanted to make a fibreglass 'pattern' so that I could get the correct outline for the 'gold' lines on the tank I measured his bike and compared it with the lines drawn up in MPH by Eddie Stevens and Frank Griffin. Upon measuring the position of the lines it became clear that the line at the rear of one side was 3/4" different from the other. Non of us had ever noticed this. It was only later that Beryl, his widow, told us that early on in his ownership the tank had been repainted. I made the GRP pattern to the figures in MPH and having scribed a line down the centre of the mould I measure equal distances to each side to ensure symmetry. It is interesting how right the lines look when correctly positioned and how wrong when they are in the wrong place.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="timetraveller, post: 109431, member: 456"] Bob Peacham was the organiser of the Kent and Sussex Section for about 50 years and he had a Shadow which had been used in the 53 TT. We all assumed that it was as original apart from the mods for competition and so when I wanted to make a fibreglass 'pattern' so that I could get the correct outline for the 'gold' lines on the tank I measured his bike and compared it with the lines drawn up in MPH by Eddie Stevens and Frank Griffin. Upon measuring the position of the lines it became clear that the line at the rear of one side was 3/4" different from the other. Non of us had ever noticed this. It was only later that Beryl, his widow, told us that early on in his ownership the tank had been repainted. I made the GRP pattern to the figures in MPH and having scribed a line down the centre of the mould I measure equal distances to each side to ensure symmetry. It is interesting how right the lines look when correctly positioned and how wrong when they are in the wrong place. [/QUOTE]
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